Our Team

Andrew J. Bauman

Founder & Director of the Christian Counseling Center: For Sexual Health & Trauma (CCC), Andrew J. Bauman is a licensed mental health counselor with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Andrew is the author of How Not to Be an *SS, The Sexually Healthy Man, Floating Away, Stumbling Toward Wholeness, The Psychology of Porn, and (with his wife Dr. Christy Bauman) A Brave Lament book and award-winning film.

Christy V. Bauman

Founder & Director of the CCC, Dr. Christy Vidrine Bauman is an author, teacher, and psychotherapist. A mother of 4, a fierce dreamer, and passionate about advocating for women.

Christy received her Bachelors’s degree from Texas A&M in 2002 and then her Masters in Counseling at Reformed Theological Seminary in 2007 and her doctorate at Seattle Pacific University and is researching Shame and Sexuality in Women in 2020. She published the book Unearth in 2008, A Brave Lament in 2018, and Theology of the Womb in 2020. She is certified in Medical Family Therapy and Trauma and Abuse.

Melissa Mayburgh

Melissa is the administrative assistant with the CCC. She is also a Christian content writer and theology student. She has a compassionate desire to see the hurting healed, and excited about helping you connect with the services of the CCC!

Jessica Bahr

Jessica is a trauma-informed Therapeutic Coach with a M.A. in Mental Health Counseling. She works with individuals and couples around issues of relational trauma, intimacy disorders, sexuality, betrayal, attachment, spiritual abuse and spiritual bypassing, as well as self-worth and body image issues. Jessica works with people from all faiths with an open heart and mind, and with the goals of helping her clients achieve self awareness, healthy boundaries, relational health, and healing and growth beyond what they may have thought possible. Jessica has training in Relational Life Therapy (RLT), Somatic Attachment Therapy, Secret Sex Lives and Betrayal Trauma, Working with Men, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Compassionate Inquiry (Gabor Mate’s work). Jessica got her undergraduate degree in Media Studies and has a passion for dissecting the media and the impact it has on shaping our ideas, attitudes and behaviors towards ourselves and others. This has led to her pursuit of an in-depth understanding of the harms of pornography (on the body, brain and interpersonally) and to her serving on the Board of Directors of the cutting-edge non-profit organization, Culture Reframed for many years. Jessica offers 60-minute phone and Zoom sessions and discounted coaching packages for those who need it. Jessica is currently taking new clients. You can visit her website at www.relationshifting.com and contact her at jessicaskybahr@gmail.com.

Megan Cox

Fully-certified since 2012 as a crisis and trauma pastoral counselor (MAR, Pastoral Counseling), I’ve been successfully companioning clients all over the country while facilitating their self-growth. My services aim to help heal trauma and abuse, work with those who suffer from dissociative disorders and, even, to serve “ex-vangelicals” who are leaving their church — but not their faith. I lead spiritual process groups. I am trained in EMDR and DNMS (Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy). Certified in bereavement, crisis response, trauma therapies and suicidology. I am also a Chaplain, certified with the ACPE.

David Ketola

David is a Pastoral counselor and CCC affiliate. He received his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology in 2009. David is passionate about creating a safe, welcoming space for people to process their struggles and desires. David believes wholeheartedly in the work of integration and the power of relationships to heal and offer hope to those who are struggling with anxiety, healthy sexuality, grief, vocation, life transitions, and relationship issues. David brings his training and experience as a counselor, husband, and father of four and offers 30 years of experience in and around church ministry to the unique challenges Christian leaders face.

www.davidketola.com

Tim Tetrault

Tim Tetrault is a licensed mental health counselor and CCC affiliate practicing in Washington State. He graduated from the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology with an MA in Counseling Psychology in 2010. He has served as a mental health counselor in a men’s shelter, and has experience in acute psychiatric care as an admissions director. A practicing Catholic, Tim’s vocation is to help call forward the Imago Dei into the counseling relationship. He looks to investigate carefully what drives his client’s pain, while also uncover what they uniquely bring to relationships. Outside of counseling, Tim enjoys guitar oriented music, fitness, and investigating emotional sobriety with humor alongside his wife and two children.

Ryan Ginn

Ryan is a professional counselor and coach who provides a compassionate and encouraging space for individuals and couples to meet their life in a more empowered and functional way. He works with clients in dynamic style based on his extensive training in mindfulness and psychobiologically based therapies. He has led men’s groups and been a men’s coach for over 15 years, having formulated his own process for coaching men into functional and thriving relationship. He is a trained IFS, Hakomi, and PACT (psychobiological approach to couples therapy) practitioner.

Elizabeth Schrock

Elizabeth is a mental health counselor and coach with CCC. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Seattle Pacific University in 2011 and a Master’s of Arts in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology in 2016. Elizabeth is passionate about helping women journey through their stories and places of harm and darkness in order to breathe hope, find meaning, and fight for goodness.

Jonathan Coopersmith

Jonathan is a mental health counselor and coach with CCC. He received his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology in 2020. Jonathan also has extensive training with The Allender Center, most recently completing the Externship in Narrative Focused Trauma Care in 2021. In his clinical work, Jonathan seeks to guide men and women into more freedom, joy, and sexual wholeness. In addition to his therapy work, Jonathan is also a certified running coach.

Brian Petermeyer

Brian is a mental health counselor and coach with CCC. He received his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology in 2021. Brian believes that healing, growth, and change happen through an authentic relationship and that the journey towards healthy sexuality and wholeness is best done together. Brian is honored to accompany those who are desire to go.